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PM says he hopes focus will now shift to the ‘hard yards’ of maintaining security in the ArcticAndy Burnham may have a new route to parliament after the MP Andrew Gwynne reached a settlement with the Commons that would allow him to retire and call a byelection, Pippa Crerar, Jessica Elgot and Josh Halliday report.In her Sky News interview this morning, Kemi Badenoch also said she was opposed to the UK joining President Trump’s board of peace if Vladimir Putin is a member. She said:We should not be, certainly, on any board with Vladimir Putin. That’s something I’m completely against. Continue reading...

Details of agreement are scant and US president has a tendency to back down and then relaunch a fight weeks laterDavos live – latest updatesThe outline deal struck by the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, and the US president, Donald Trump, late last night in Davos on stepping up the Nato presence in the Arctic, so long as it does not undermine the sovereignty of Greenland or Denmark, has been available to the US for some time, but will require new resources being devoted to the central task of monitoring Russian ship movements in the region.What remains in greater question is whether the deal will stick given Trump’s erratic behaviour and whether it gives the US president the access to Greenland’s critical minerals that he claims it does. The issue of a multi-billion dollar futuristic ‘Golden Dome’ defence shield partly housed in Greenland also remains unresolved. Continue reading...

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The invitation to speak at Friday’s march prematurely offers Vice President Vance the imprimatur of the pro-life movement.